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ISAAC ROTHSCHILD AND EDVARD F. VAN GOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

` ASSIGNORS TO SIMON ADLER, OF SAME PLACE.

DETACHABLE MUSIC REST OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 475,249, dated May17,1892. Application filed January 24, 1891. Serial No. 378,905. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, ISAAC ROTHSCHILD and EDWARD F. VAN GOTT, both ofthe city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Detachable Music Rests or Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in detachable music rests orholders, in which provision is made for locating the rest at any desiredposition along above the bank of keys and for extending it to hold musicof different widths, and also for changing its angle of inclination tothrow it into position to suit the direction of the light.

The object is to provide a rest or holder of the above character whichshall present a neat appearance, and one which when closed and removedfrom its position above the keys may form a suitable support forexhibiting a picture or other article.

A practical embodiment of our invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings,

`in which- Figure 1 represents a front View of the holder in its closedadjustment. Fig. 2 is a vertical section from front to rear through lineof Fig. l. Fig. 3 isafront view, partly in section, showing thedifferent parts partially extended, as in use; and Fig. 4. is a viewtaken in horizontal section longitudinally through one of thesliding'supports, the view being taken in the plane indicated by theline y y of Fig. l.

The holder is intended to be removably secured to the upwardly andoutwardly projecting free edge of the turned-back cover of an uprightpiano, although it may be used in connection with any suitable supportto which it is adapted to be attached.

It is a common complaint of those'musicians who have occasion to use theupright piano that it is with difficulty that they can make the musicVretain its place and lie at such an angle as to be conveniently read,and it is with the view of meeting this complaint as well as to provideother desirable features in a music-holder that we have made the presentinvention.

' A represents the base of the holder, from which arms a projectrearwardly and have a tongue and groove connection with rea-rwardly andforwardly sliding supports B. The connection of the arms a withthesupports B is shown in the present instance as formed by providingthe arms a on their opposite edges with tongues b, which are adapted toenter grooves in the opposite sides of the branches b of the support B.The tongues from the two sides of the piece d have been partially cutaway for nearly the whole length of ai, leaving a small part of thetongue on the end entirely uncut away, thus forming projections, andblocks b5 have been inserted in the outer ends of the grooves in b',forming stops, against which the uncut-away portions of the tonguesabut. To the rear ends of the supports B a pair of graspingjaws b2 andb3 are secured, adapted to receive between them the edge of theturned-back cover of the piano or other suitable supporting-edge, andthe said supports B are fixed to the edge by means ofvertically-adjustable pads O, swiveled to4 the ends of adjustingscrewsc, engaged with threaded sockets c in the upper jaw b2. The lower jaw b3is also provided with a pad 541:0 prevent abrasion of' the parts towhich the arms are to be attached.

From one end of the base A an end framepiece D extends upwardly andpreferably at an acute angle to the arln a, as shown in Fig. 2, the saidend frame-piece D being fixed to the base A. From the side of the endpiece D an upper frame-piece E extends parallelwith the base A and isconnected at its end opposite the piece D with the end of the base A bya brace d. v

An adjustable end frame-piece D', corresponding to the end frame-pieceD, is provided with laterally-extending arms d and d2, fixed thereto andadapted to slide within suitable grooves e and e', extendinglongitudinally of the top E and base A, so vas to allow the framepiece Dto be moved away from or toward `the piece D, and thereby increase ordiminish the width of the rest, as may be desired. In order that the endframes D and D may present an appearance quite similar to each otherwhen the parts are in closed adjustment, we provide the inner side ofthe end piece D with a groove d3 of substantially the same depth as thewidth of the brace d, so

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that the latter may be received therein and 4be hidden from view Whenthe holder is closed.

The base A is provided on its front side with one section F of asupporting-lip for holding the lower edge of the music, thecorresponding section F of the said holding-lip being secured to thelaterally-adjustable end piece D', so as to be carried with it as itisslid away lfrom and toward the piece D.

To form the support for the lower edge of the music as the lips F and Fare separated from each other, We find it desirable to provide thelip-sections F F with longitudinal bores f and f and to locate therein arod G, free to slide in both sections, the ends of the rod beingprovided with suitable stops f2 to prevent either end of the rod fromescaping from the meeting ends of the lip-sections.

To provide for a further extension of the holder, We provide anauxiliary extensionframe consisting of the end piece H and the tWolaterally-extending arms h and 7L', the latter being adapted to slidefreely Within longitudinal bores h2 and h3 Within the arms d and cl2 ofthe main extension-frame. With a View to maintaining the neatness andsymmetry of the structure when closed the end piece H is adapted to bereceived Within a groove h4 in the outer edge of the frame-piece D', andso be concealed from View when the auxiliary extension-frame is closed.

By the above construction and arrangement.

ot' parts the frame may be located at any position desired along thebank of keys and may be extended laterally to any desired Width toaccommodate the music in use, and its foot may be drawn outwardly togive the music any desired slant to throw the light upon it to advantageor to make it more readily retain its place.

What We claim isl. The music-holder comprising a holdingframe having oneof its sides extensible, holding lip-sections secured, respectively,tothe stationary and extensible sections of the holder, a supporting-rodhaving a telescopic engagement with the lip-sections, and arms forsecuring the frame to the desired support, substantially as set forth.

2. The music-holder comprising the holding-frame having an extensibleside, an auxiliary eXtensible-frame engaged With the extensible side,the extensible v side being provided With recesses for the reception ofa portion of the main frame and the side ot' the auxiliaryextension-frame, and arms for securing the frame to the desired support,substantially as set forth.

ISAAC ROTHSCHILD. EDWARD F. VAN GOTT.

NVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, K. E. PEMBLETON.

